You've picked a really interesting palette for this work. You've gone for cold tones (blue/light blue) for colouring the woman and the dotted background, but you decided to use a hot tone for her eyes... as if they were small flames inside of a statue created with ice.
As for the shape, I love these sinuous lines you've picked to represent the woman. The hair floating in the space as if she was drowning into emptiness. The tear coming out of her eye looks to me as a representation of pain and sadness, but at the same time you drawn a big tear and used a dark shade of blue for it as to give more attention to it, and that sort of make me think about it as a request of help of the woman.
I don't know why but each time I look at your painting I always need to find a meaning into them and I can spend hours looking at them without getting bored!
Amazing artwork as always Katie.

A wonderful interpretation to Dante's poem and you managed it very well to put this words into a painting. Falling in love is a sad event and on her side a prelude to death. Most inspiring is the amazing and wonderful dark background, who presents the universe and the fluidity of her hair goes up to this universe (heaven). The detailed sad expression and the tear who just runs out of her eye gives the whole image a magical feeling. Excellent choice of colours and great work on her soft and gentle skin. A very delicate and astonish calming painting.
The technique and the impact is without words amazing and your originality and vision of such a musical master piece is incredible and out of this world !!!